So, this is the first time since Obamacare that we have had to establish that we have enough health insurance that we don't need to buy it from the University. For D1 & D2, who are already in college, we just tick a box saying that we have enough and are declining the schools offering.
However, UChicago wants a whole lot of information (which they asked for from D3, of course), including:
-Annual Premium
-Deductible
-Annual out-of-pocket maximum
-HSA/HRA annual contribution
I thought that this was a bit much, so I wrote to the office saying that our premiums, HSA, etc., were not really relevant to making sure we had enough insurance, and that we are on BC/BS, so pretty sure they meet the legal requirements, and I would rather not give that information. They wrote back- in an encrypted file! - saying, sorry but if we didn't provide the info we would be billed for the university's health care coverage.
Is UChicago an outlier? I am amazed that they can even require this information.
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